From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 7:04:02 AM UTC+10, Scott Lurndal wrote:   
      
   > Yes, they've a simple solution. The firmware is   
   > cryptographically signed. It can only be loaded if   
   > the signature is signed by the private key associated   
   > with the public key stored in the TPM.   
      
   Wow. They've gone to a lot of effort to keep me away.   
      
   I wonder if they've also got some spyware in there.   
   How would that be done? Perhaps the bluetooth   
   receiver is detecting an incoming request, and if   
   the ID is CIA_HERE_FOR_YOU it sets up its own   
   connection and dumps whatever it wants from my   
   hard disk. They've already got FAT-32 code in there.   
   I'm using NTFS, but no reason why they can't add   
   that too.   
      
   I don't suppose the Chinese have put this firmware   
   anywhere near their nukes so that the Free World   
   can rock up with a bluetooth device and disable them all?   
      
   Ok, so if I have my own x64 computer-controlled nuclear   
   arsenal, and I want some non-CIA-controlled firmware,   
   this is my only option:   
      
   https://www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm   
      
   and I even have to supply my own case?   
      
   There's no drive from even the Chinese themselves to   
   have some open firmware?   
      
   Thanks. Paul.   
      
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